Commission Regulation (EC) No 2073/2000 of 29 September 2000 reducing, for the 2000/2001 marketing year, the guaranteed quantity under the production quotas scheme for the sugar sector and the presumed maximum supply needs of sugar refineries under the preferential import arrangements
Date: 2000-09-29
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: EU production, import policy, production quota, sugar, sugar industry, supply

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COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 2073/2000

of 29 September 2000

reducing, for the 2000/2001 marketing year, the guaranteed quantity under the production quotas
scheme for the sugar sector and the presumed maximum supply needs of sugar refineries under the
preferential import arrangements

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
Community,

Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 2038/1999 of 13
September 1999 on the common organisation of the markets
in the sugar sector (1), as amended by Commission Regulation
(EC) No 1527/2000 (2), and in particular Articles 26(5) and
44(6) thereof,

Whereas:

(1)

(2)

(3)

(4)

The first two subparagraphs of Article 26(5) of Regula-
tion (EC) No 2038/1999 lay down that the guaranteed
quantity under production quotas should be reduced
before 1 October each marketing year if the forecasts for
the year
in question show an exportable balance
attracting a refund greater than the maximum laid down
by the Agriculture Agreement concluded under Article
300(2) of the Treaty.

The forecasts for the 2000/2001 marketing year indicate
an exportable balance exceeding the maximum laid
down by the Agreement for that year. It is therefore
necessary to fix the difference by which this guaranteed
quantity is to be reduced and then to divide it up
between sugar, isoglucose and inulin syrup on the one
hand and the production regions concerned on the
other, using the coefficients established for this purpose.

In accordance with the third subparagraph of Article
26(5) of Regulation (EC) No 2038/1999, each Member
State must then allocate the difference to which it is
subject among the producer undertakings established on
its territory on the basis of the existing ratio between
their A and B quotas for the product in question and the
basic quantity A and the basic quantity B for the
Member State or, as appropriate, the sum of the A
quotas and the sum of the B quotas for this product
assigned to the producer undertakings.

Article 44(5) of Regulation (EC) No 2038/1999 lays
down that a reduction in the guaranteed quantity also
necessitates a reduction in the presumed maximum raw
sugar needs of Community refineries for the marketing
year in question.
It is therefore necessary to fix the
corresponding reduction for these presumed maximum
needs and to allocate it among the Member States
concerned.

(1) OJ L 252, 25.9.1999, p. 1.
(2) OJ L 175, 14.7.2000, p. 59.

(5)

(6)

The time limits by which the Member States must estab-
lish the reduction applying to each producer under-
taking on their torritory and communicate the relevant
data should be fixed.

The measures provided for in this Regulation are in
accordance with the opinion of
the Management
Committee for Sugar,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

1.
Pursuant to Article 26(5) of Regulation (EC) No 2038/
1999, the guaranteed quantity under production quotas in the
sugar sector shall be reduced by a difference equal to 498 800
the 2000/2001
tonnes,
marketing year.

equivalent,

in white

sugar

for

2.
The difference referred to in paragraph 1 shall be allo-
cated by product and by region in accordance with Annex I.

Once reduced by this difference, the basic quantities used to
allocate the production quotas to producer undertakings for
the 2000/2001 marketing year shall be those set out in Annex
II.

3.
The Member States shall establish before 1 November
2000 the specific difference for each producer undertaking to
which a production quota for the 2000/2001 marketing year
has been assigned, and also each undertaking's A and B quotas
adjusted in accordance with this difference.

4.
The Member States shall inform the Commission of the
difference and adjusted A and B quotas for each producer
undertaking established on their territory no later than 15
November 2000.

Article 2

1.
Pursuant to Article 44(5) of Regulation (EC) No 2038/
1999, the presumed maximum supply needs of Community
refineries shall be reduced by 8 365 tonnes,
in white sugar
equivalent.

2.
The reduction referred to in paragraph 1 shall be allo-
cated among the Member States in accordance with Annex III.

Article 3

This Regulation shall enter
into force on the third day
following its publication in the Official Journal of the European
Communities.

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This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.

Done at Brussels, 29 September 2000.

For the Commission

Franz FISCHLER

Member of the Commission

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Allocation by product and region of the difference representing the reduction in the guaranteed quantity

ANNEX I

1. Basic quantities A

Region

Difference for A
sugar (1)

Difference for A
isoglucose (2)

Difference for A
inulin syrup (3)

Denmark

Germany

Germany (Article 28 region)

Greece

Spain

France (metropolitan) (4)

French overseas departments (4)

Ireland

Italy

Netherlands

Austria

Portugal (mainland)

Autonomous region of the Azores

Finland

Sweden

Belgium/Luxembourg Economic Union

United Kingdom

13 012,0

81 119,6

26 402,8

5 907,7

12 654,7

101 983,4

9 229,8

3 707,6

39 453,5

25 536,6

10 844,0

1 111,0

185,1

2 718,0

6 852,3

22 096,9

21 186,2

0,0

1 035,3

0,0

377,2

1 650,0

606,6

0,0

0,0

593,9

266,2

0,0

290,1

0,0

229,9

0,0

2 240,0

841,3

0,0

0,0

0,0

0,0

0,0

624,1

0,0

0,0

0,0

2 058,7

0,0

0,0

0,0

0,0

0,0

5 891,8

0,0

(1) In tonnes of white sugar.
(2) In tonnes of dry matter.
(3) In tonnes of dry matter expressed as white sugar/isoglucose equivalent, account being taken of Article 29 of Regulation (EC) No

2038/1999.

(4) Account has been taken of the second subparagraph of Article 30(3) of Regulation (EC) No 2038/1999.

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2. Basic quantities B

Region

Difference for B sugar
(1)

Difference for B
isoglucose (2)

Difference for B inulin
syrup (3)

Denmark

Germany

Germany (Article 28 region)

Greece

Spain

France (metropolitan)

French overseas departments

Ireland

Italy

Netherlands

Austria

Portugal (mainland)

Autonomous region of the Azores

Finland

Sweden

Belgium/Luxembourg Economic Union

United Kingdom

3 833,4

24 960,3

8 124,0

590,7

527,1

30 245,7

986,7

370,7

7 420,0

6 735,6

2 531,0

111,0

18,7

271,7

685,4

4 744,5

2 118,8

0,0

243,8

0,0

88,8

176,0

157,9

0,0

0,0

139,9

62,7

0,0

68,3

0,0

23,0

0,0

616,0

224,4

0,0

0,0

0,0

0,0

0,0

146,7

0,0

0,0

0,0

483,5

0,0

0,0

0,0

0,0

0,0

1 387,0

0,0

(1) In tonnes of white sugar.
(2) In tonnes of dry matter.
(3) In tonnes of dry matter expressed as white sugar/isoglucose equivalent, account being taken of Article 29 of Regulation (EC) No

2038/1999.

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Basic quantities used to allocate the A and B production quotas after reduction of the guaranteed quantity

ANNEX II

1. Basic quantities A

Region

Basic quantity of A
sugar (1)

Basic quantity of A
isoglucose (2)

Basic quantity of A
inulin syrup (3)

Denmark

Germany

Germany (Article 28 region)

Greece

Spain

France (metropolitan) (4)

French overseas departments (4)

Ireland

Italy

Netherlands

Austria

Portugal (mainland)

Autonomous region of the Azores

Finland

Sweden

Belgium/Luxembourg Economic Union

United Kingdom

314 988,0

0,0

1 908 880,4

27 846,7

621 300,2

284 092,3

947 345,3

2 458 016,6

426 770,2

178 292,4

1 280 546,5

664 463,4

305 685,0

62 525,4

8 905,8

130 715,0

329 511,7

657 903,1

1 018 813,8

0,0

10 144,8

73 350,0

15 280,4

0,0

0,0

15 975,1

7 159,8

0,0

7 803,8

0,0

10 615,1

0,0

54 427,0

20 854,7

0,0

0,0

0,0

0,0

0,0

19 366,9

0,0

0,0

0,0

63 935,3

0,0

0,0

0,0

0,0

0,0

169 685,2

0,0

(1) In tonnes of white sugar.
(2) In tonnes of dry matter.
(3) In tonnes of dry matter expressed as white sugar/isoglucose equivalent, account being taken of Article 29 of Regulation (EC) No

2038/1999.

(4) Account has been taken of the second subparagraph of Article 30(3) of Regulation (EC) No 2038/1999.

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2. Basic quantities B

Region

Basic quantity of B
sugar (1)

Basic quantity of B
isoglucose (2)

Basic quantity of B
inulin syrup (3)

Denmark

Germany

Germany (Article 28 region)

Greece

Spain

France (metropolitan)

French overseas departments

Ireland

Italy

Netherlands

Austria

Portugal (mainland)

Autonomous region of the Azores

Finland

Sweden

Belgium/Luxembourg Economic Union

United Kingdom

92 795,9

587 352,6

191 173,0

28 409,3

39 472,9

728 987,1

45 613,3

17 829,3

240 830,0

175 264,4

71 350,0

6 252,6

890,4

13 071,3

32 950,6

141 255,5

101 881,2

0,0

6 558,2

0,0

2 389,2

7 824,0

3 977,1

0,0

0,0

3 762,1

1 686,3

0,0

1 837,8

0,0

1 062,0

0,0

0,0

0,0

0,0

0,0

0,0

4 561,3

0,0

0,0

0,0

15 058,5

0,0

0,0

0,0

0,0

0,0

14 967,0

5 562,6

39 961,0

0,0

(1) In tonnes of white sugar.
(2) In tonnes of dry matter.
(3) In tonnes of dry matter expressed as white sugar/isoglucose equivalent, account being taken of Article 29 of Regulation (EC) No

2038/1999.

Breakdown by Member State of the reduction in maximum presumed refinery supply needs, in white sugar
equivalent

ANNEX III

a) Finland

b) Metropolitan France

c) Mainland Portugal

d) United Kingdom

Reduction

282 tonnes

1 397 tonnes

1 373 tonnes

5 313 tonnes

Maximum presumed needs after
application of the reduction

59 718 tonnes

295 603 tonnes

290 627 tonnes

1 124 687 tonnes